Pittsburgh the best fight city ever?

Yeah Paul is a great guy. Really down to earth. I was pretty surprised to hear when he got in all that trouble. But that kind of goes back to my McKees Rocks comment which was only half tongue in cheek.

 

Thanks, Burt. I think considering his short right arm the old man did very well. I know you saw him with Kronowitz at MSG. He and Lee were signed to meet right after this fight, but the broken hand Charley sustained with Herbie nixed it. He met Sala maybe a half a year later at Forbes Field...

Maybe you're aware of that unfortunate outcome. They were friends, trained together at the Lyceum. Charley wanted that rematch real bad, but it never happened. I agree with your assessment of Lee ranking in the 2nd tier of that prolific time, and that's where I'd have to put my favorite fighter as well.

 

Haha nah man iam not upset. Philly is by far a better city than Pittsburgh with living, history, accessibility to the entire east coast etc. boxers I'll concede an overall edge to Pitt but I'd like to see the head to head matchup. Would be fun to watch. Primantis still sucks though.








The steel factories will be opening back up any minute :hammertime

 

As much as I hate my neighbors to the west(just kidding), they have some pretty tough guys coming out of their for the size. I would say New York, or Philly has to have the toughest individuals.

 

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My two favorites sports are boxing and hockey and one way or the other, Pittsburgh sure has seen a lot of talent.

I was wondering : if Pittsburgh had a trademark style/move in boxing, such as the Philly shell, what would it be ?

 

Probably a clinch headbutt.combo

 

In all the research I've done (and I've done a lot on Pittsburgh [not to toot me own horn]) I haven't come across any particular moves or style, but one common theme that keeps coming up over the decades seems to be stamina.


We all know about Harry Greb's legendary stamina.

Billy Conn was noted for getting stronger as a fight progressed as well.

Frank Klaus was once described thusly: [FONT=&quot]“…like a boulder crashing down a hill. The further he went, the greater his momentum and destructive force.”
[/FONT]The fight reports seem to concur. From rounds 15-20 Klaus was almost unbeatable.

Patsy Brannigan, Jackie Rodgers, Hughey Madole, Eddie Wimler and Young Rudy were all tireless punching machines.

Even Fritzie Zivic was pretty tireless.

My guess was that you had to develop some iron lungs to live(let alone TRAIN!) in Pittsburgh and the smoky, polluted air it had back then. This picture was taken at 10:30 in the morning in 1940:

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Another daytime shot. Note the streetlamps are on, which was common during the day in Pittsburgh. Looks like something from out of a film noir:

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12 NOON:

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Pennsylvania has almost inarguably produced Americas best athletes and Pittsburgh is their crown jewel.

 

Nice Faulkner locale in your avatar, Mr. Snopes :good

 

Thanks. People rarely notice something I will chalk up to a large portion of the board being British.

 

You know philly I bumped this for you...